Broom



CL'SCHOSSDN & R. D. MARKHAM.

Broom.

No. 231,500. Patented Aug. 24,1880.

UNITED STATES CHARLES SOHOSSON AND ROMONDO D. MARKHAM, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

PATENT OFFICE.

BROOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,500, dated August 24, 1880. Application filed December 15, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES SoHossoN and RoMoNDo D. MARKHAM, of Detroit,Wayne county, Michigan, have invented an Improvement in Brooms, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of this invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the construction of brooms whereby they are rendered more durable.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view, with a portion of the broom broken out. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the lateral brace. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line :0 x.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, A represents the body of the broom, and B the handle, all of the usual construction.

(3 represents a Wooden brace provided with an inclined pointed end, so that it may be readily driven through the body of the broom between the straws at a suitable distance from the head. The opposite end of the wooden brace O is provided with a hole, 0, for the passage of a bii'iding-wire, D, formed into a loop in said hole and around the end of the brace, passing thence, in opposite directions, around the body of the broom and is secured thereto and to the brace G by staples a straddling the binding-wire and driven into the wooden brace (J from'both sides.

By this manner of construction we produce a broom which is much more durable and stiffer than those of the ordinary construction, and should one side of the broom become worn out or broken it will not effect the opposite side.

Where brooms are sewed in the ordinary manner with cords, it is generally done at two points in the body of the broom. In such cases the lateral brace should be placed between the rows of stitching.

What we claim as our invention is- A broom having a central wooden crossbrace held in place by the binding-wire passing through a hole, 0, in one end of said brace, and side staples straddling the binding-wire, as set forth.

CHARLES SOHOSSON. ROMONDO D. MARKHAM. Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, CHARLES J. HUNT. 

